Child Abuse Diagnostic and Forensic Considerations /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rey-Salmon, Caroline (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Adamsbaum, Catherine (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Pediatrics.; Radiology.; Forensic medicine.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Nursing.; Imaging / Radiology.; Forensic Medicine.; Child and School Psychology.

This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to child abuse providing a comprehensive overview of the topic. From fetal life to adolescence, various patterns of child abuse are described in 23 chapters with highlight on early diagnostic features and differential diagnoses. Data on psychological an...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Historical approach
• Definitions and epidemiological data
• Judicial expertise in Europe
• Inflicted cutaneous lesions and burns: The skin
• Inflicted cutaneous lesions and burns: Abuse-related burns
• Inflicted skeletal injuries
• Inflicted injuries of brain and spinal cord
• Visceral injuries
• Retinal hemorrhages
• Injuries to the face, neck, mouth and scalp
• Sexual abuse
• female genital mutilation
• Chemical submission
• Childhood deprivation and neglect
• Psychological maltreatment
• Munchausen syndrome by proxy
• Fetus
• Maltreatment and adolescence
• Domestic violence: a form of child maltreatment
• Autopsy and histological findings
• Post mortem imaging
• Diagnostic strategies and recommendations
• The caregiver's position. .